Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Norman Window Frame
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- The Roman Fortress
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Fishergate Bar
- Lendal Bridge
- Rowntree Park
- The Female Prison
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Bootham Bar
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Silver Strap Ends
- Teaching the Poor
- Lendal Tower
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The Guildhall